What the experts think

Geoffrey Boycott

"There is no debate, it's quite simple. The Australians I have played with and have watched, with the exception of Adam Gilchrist, believe in standing and it's up to the umpire to give you out - there shouldn't be a moral argument.

"They (Australia) should be upset, disappointed and angered by the umpires. If they keep making poor decisions, it's up to the ICC (International Cricket Council) to do something about it.

"I certainly won't be crying for Australia. It shouldn't over-ride the fact that Ian Bell has played one of his best ever innings for England.

"I still think it's a good pitch to bat on, so I'm not sure England will definitely win it because it's not one of those pitches were you will flash the ball around."

Michael Vaughan:

"The review system was brought in to get rid of the howler, I don't see why umpire Dar couldn't have had someone in his ear saying you've got that one wrong let's just overturn that quickly.

"This has been a terrific game but I think a lot will be talked about that incident, which is sad."

Good day for...

Ian Bell

Throughout his career, Bell has been accused of falling short on the big occasions - particularly when it comes to scoring runs.

No evidence of that on day three was there? After some five-and-a-half hours at the crease, the 31-year-old passed 6,000 Test runs and closed in on his 18th century in his 89th match at this level. Not a bad day at the office.

Ashton Agar:

Will he ever get out of our 'good day for' section? The 19-year-old's dream debut continued on day three when he captured the prize scalp of England captain Alastair Cook (50) to claim his first Test wicket.

Agar dismissed Cook after the left-handed opener, aiming leg side across the line of a delivery that landed in the rough and bounced, was excellently caught by Australia captain Michael Clarke, leaping high to his left at slip.

Bad day for...

Aleem Dar and the umpires

Another day and another umpiring drama at Trent Bridge, this time it was Australia that was left fuming as Dar ruled in favour of Broad despite the ball clipping wicketkeeper Brad Haddin's gloves before flying to Australia captain Michael Clarke at first slip. The visitors appealed for the catch but England's batsman enjoyed a massive slice of luck.

The controversy came just 24 hours after England were left reeling a decision from TV umpire Marais Erasmus who judged Jonathan Trott lbw shortly before tea even though the original decision from Dar was not out.

DRS

The system was designed to eliminate situations as seen with Broad, but this opening Test has so far exposed plenty of inconsistencies in the rules of referring a decision.

Days two and three have led some to accuse Clarke of being wasteful with Australia's two referrals while others have called for the technology to be more accessible to teams. Either way, here's to hoping umpiring decisions do not continue to mar the serieWs.

What the players are saying:

Mitchell Starc

"That's cricket, you get some good decisions and you get some bad ones. It's done and dusted now. We can't call him back or go back on the decision so we'll get on with the game. It happened quickly, we just have to look to tomorrow.

"We all agree that the second one wasn't probably the best one to use but we all get two and they're out the way so we just focus on getting the ball in the right spot and making sure we're on song. It's out of our hands.

"I think we bowled well, it was a tough day. It's a good wicket to bat on. The new ball is reversing so the hardness of that ball is helping us. We had it going nicely with the first and we need to come back tomorrow morning and try and get these last four wickets as cheaply as we can.

"We have two days of cricket so we've got to back ourselves to chase whatever is on the board, but like I say we just have to get those four wickets first and then think about our batting."